It's Been Five years

Because of real life, I missed the anniversary of this blog. Five years....who would have thought it? Here's to the next five years.

Pushing thru the market square, so many mothers sighing
News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us, earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying
I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
I saw boys, toys electric irons and t.v.s
My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
And all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short people
And all the nobody people, and all the somebody people
I never thought Id need so many people

A girl my age went off her head, hit some tiny children
If the black hadnt a-pulled her off, I think she would have killed them
A soldier with a broken arm, fixed his stare to the wheels of a cadillac
A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and a queer threw up at the sight of that

I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milk shakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine, dont think
You knew you were in this song
And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor
And I thought of ma and I wanted to get back there
Your face, your race, the way that you talk
I kiss you, youre beautiful, I want you to walk

Weve got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
Weve got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, thats all weve got
Weve got five years, what a surprise
Five years, stuck on my eyes
Weve got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, thats all weve got
Weve got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
Weve got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, thats all weve got
Weve got five years, what a surprise
Weve got five years, stuck on my eyes
Weve got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, thats all weve got
Five years
Five years
Five years
Five years

[lyrics of Five Years by David Bowie

McDonald's sued over nude photos

A US couple is suing McDonald's for $3m after nude photos of the woman, which were on her husband's mobile phone, ended up on the internet.

Phillip Sherman says he accidentally left his phone, with the photos, at a McDonald's in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Scientists Say Copernicus' Remains Found

Researchers believe they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that of hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

DC sends Superman into space and gives Batman his last rites

Dan DiDio of DC Comics talks about Superman leaving 'Action Comics' (and Earth), the revival of 'Adventure Comics' and major changes in Gotham City that will mean 'a close to the existing lore ... the last rites of Batman.'

Star Trek HD Trailer

I love the comments of people on this video. I like the look and hope that it revitalizes the franchise because it really needs it.

NEW Watchmen Trailer

WATCHMEN Trailer

Just so you remember.

Neil Gaiman Does Batman

DC has provided Newsarama with the covers to Batman #686 and Detective Comics #853, the covers to 'Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?' by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert. Kubert provides variants for both issues - his sketch variant for Detective #853 is not shown, but is the pencil version of the displayed image. The two issues are due in stores in February.

300 RPG Text Files

That's right. I said *text* files. This looks back to the internet when there weren't GUIs, websites or search engines. Hell, sometimes you'd get an address for some great file on to to find out that it wasn't actually even there.

So, let's turn back the clock and see what there was out there.

[via Zachary's RPG Blog II]

Social Media and the Dorkland Landscape

Yes, I am out there. In more ways than one.

Flckr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_helton/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/seraphimchris
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dorkland
Blip.fm: http://blip.fm/dorkland
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/seraphimchris
Second Life: Walton Vieria

I'm also on Facebook but I am going to make you work for that one. I'm not as connected to things as some people are but I've still got a list. Come by and say hello if you'd like.

Edit: And since I received a request from someone, I joined Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1729131